Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what measures they are considering implementing for local councils to help them to (1) develop and (2) maintain, their five-year land-supply strategies in light of the recent fast-track consultation on planning rules.

The Government has proposed a number of changes to national planning policy, including policy on five-year housing land supply, as part of the consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework launched on 30 July 2024. Responses to the consultation will be accepted until 24 September 2024.